NEW! Check out the BL Scholarly Communications Toolkit. A series of introductory guides to different aspects of scholarly communications, and editable files so you can adjust the content to your own organisation's needs. All available under a CCBY license. bl.iro.bl.uk/collections/88…

Get to know more about Pure and how to create a strong Researcher profile - sessions available here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/pure-user-tr…

UKRI Have released an information pack for their new Open Access Policy, starting on 1st April 2022. ukri.org/publications/u…

A transformative agreement (TA) with Optica is now operational, enabling Heriot-Watt corresponding authors to publish open access at no upfront cost in 10 Optica journals. For all Heriot-Watt TAs see: hw.ac.uk/uk/services/is…

Latest update to the UKRI OA Policy - for any questions on this, contact us: [email protected]

From 1 January 2024, our new #OpenAccess policy will apply to long-form publications like monographs, book chapters and edited collections that acknowledge UKRI funding. We've published updated guidance on our website to help our communities prepare ukri.org/news/ukri-upda… /1

Open Research event for academic staff - Culture Café's good practice exchange on open research. Share your views and experience. Monday 20th November 13.00 - 15.00 RED Hub (Edinburgh). Book here : eventbrite.com/e/culture-cafe…

An updated UKRI Open Access Policy has been published. For more information, and details of the policy, see "Briefing on the new UKRI Open Access Policy for Monographs, Book Chapters and Edited Collections" hw.ac.libcal.com/event/4126921

The UK is back in the Horizon family. A win-win for global scientific progress. Starting from 1 January 2024, UK researchers will be able to participate in Horizon Europe🇪🇺, the EU’s research and innovation programme. More info ↓

Research Excellence Framework 2029 open access consultation – REF 2029 ift.tt/qAzsfbD

Culture Cafe session - Open Data / Data Sharing 6th June 2024. Staff and PGR - led by Dr Fergus Guppy, but is designed to be a discussion. See for details: - shorturl.at/70rnx

#RecommendedRead: Baldwin, J. and Cavanagh, P. (2024). When will we be transformed? Reflections on the experience of working with transformative agreements as a cross-library working group. Insights: the UKSG journal, 37(1), p. 4. Available at: doi.org/10.1629/uksg.6…

And after a productive discussion with Heriot-Watt University Malaysia PhD students I was pleased to also launch the Heriot-Watt University research culture action plan to Malaysian academic staff & discuss how best to design a research culture citizens charter

For REF 2029 institutions will submit outputs, not staff. We are setting out some information today on the technical detail and next steps ahead of publishing the full policy module in autumn/winter 2024 Economy NI Research England Scottish Funding Council @medrcymru ref.ac.uk/news/update-to…

Early decisions on OA Policy for the next REF - no longform open access mandate for REF 2029 researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…

Webinar: Open Research: Copyright and Licensing 25th Oct - to book hw.ac.libcal.com/event/4288937

Out now: REF 2029 Open Access Policy 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-2029-… #ref2029 Medr Research England Economy NI Scottish Funding Council

#DontForget to #SaveTheDate! Jisc DRC meet-up: Shine bright like a diamond: Publishing a UKRI funded book OA via a diamond model rather than a BPC. 12 February 2025. Online: jisc.zoom.us/meeting/regist…